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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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RightScale Links Into IBM DB2

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Santa Barbara-based cloud computing management software firm RightScale is linking its products into IBM DB2, one of the major enterprise database software packages, the firm said today. RightScale said it will support creating, managing, and automating IBM DB2 Express-C on such services as Amazon EC2.

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Cloud Leaders Shrug at IBM’s $34B Red Hat Deal

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In some ways, the biggest software acquisition of all time could be a yawner. IBM’s planned $34 billion deal to acquire open-source software maker Red Hat is a hefty price to pay to give its cloud computing business a shot in the arm.

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RightScale Expands In Australia

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Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software developer RightScale has expanded into Australia, the firm said last week. RightScale is a provider of software used to manage the configuration, monitoring, and other aspects of both private and public cloud computing. READ MORE>>.

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Dreamhost, Morphlabs Join OpenStack Effort

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Two Los Angeles cloud computing firm have joined the new Openstack Foundation , an industry group looking to promote the open cloud computing system spawned out of Rackspace. The foundation said it will help the development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud software. Intel, NEC and VMware.

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MorphLabs Launches New Product, Ties With Zend

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Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the developer of cloud computing software run by Winston Damarillo, announced this morning that it has released a "significant upgrade" to its mCloud Controller product. The firm said the release simplifies the process of building and managing internal cloud computing environments.

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MaestroDev Names President

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Manhattan Beach-based MaestroDev , the developer of private cloud computing software, has officially named Doug Dennington as the firm's new President. Damarillo sold Gluecode in 2005 to IBM. Tags: maestrodev private cloud computing software saas executive president. READ MORE>>.